Walking doll



L. V. ARONSON.

WALKING'DOLL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. Is. 1920.

Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

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WALKING DOLL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

Application filed March 16, 1920. Serial No. 366,211.

2' '0 all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, LOUIS V. AnoNsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in alking Dolls, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to walking dolls, and comprises a toy of thischaracter of simple construction, and of few parts, with resultingeconomy in cost of production.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a view in elevationof my improved doll; Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line 2, 2 of Fig.1 and viewed in the direction of the arrow, and Fig. 3 a verticalsection taken on the irregular line 33 of Fig. 1.

Like numerals denote like parts in the several figures.

l is the body of the doll provided with usual head, arm and leg members5, 6 and 7.

The lower end of the body portion 4 is cutaway at the sides as shown at8, the forward edges of such cutaway portion being rounded, as shown at9, the cutaway portions 8 leaving a downwardly extending portion 10.

The legs 7 of the doll are pivotally connected within the recessesformed by the cutaway portions 8, and are provided on their inner sideswith cutaway portions 11 corresponding to the cutaway portions 8 of thebody of the doll.

hilounted on the lower extending portion 10 of the body a is a rollerbearing 12 over Wlll'fill is adapted to travel a flexible band 13connected at its opposite ends 14 in any suitable manner as by screws 15to the rear of the legs 7. The roller bearing 13 is pro vided withflanges 16, 17 to prevent vertical disolacem-ent of. the member 13.

In operation the body of the doll is grasped by the hand with one of itslegs held in frictional engagement with a surface and the opposite legcaused to advance. As the advanced leg is retracted the band 13 travelsabout the roller 12 and exerts a forward pull on the other leg andadvances the same, such operation being successively repeated, causingthe legs 7 to alternately move forward, thus advancing the doll andsimulating the human walk. The stepped or cutaway portions of the legand body members limit the rear movement of the legs as will be seen.

The doll may be made of wood or metal, the body thereof be in wood withthe arms and legs of metal as may be desired. I realize thatconsiderable variation is possible in the details of the constructionherein shown, and I do not intend to limit myself thereto except aspointed out in the following claims, in which it is my intention toclaim all the novelty inherent in the mvention as broadly as ispermitted by the state of the art.

Having thus described my invention what claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a doll, a'body portion, leg members having their upper endspivotally connected to said body portion, a bearing on the lower end ofsaid body portion, and a flexible member having its ends connected tothe leg members and adapted to travel over said bearing in the movementsof said lastnamed members.

2. In a doll, a body portion, leg members having their upper endspivotally connected to said body portion, a bearing on the lower end ofsaid body portion, a flexible member having its ends connected to theleg members and adapted to travel over said bearing in the movements ofsaid last-named members, and means on said bearing to prevent thedisplacement of said flexible member therefrom. a

3. In a doll, a body portion having recesses adjacent its lower end, legmembers having stepped upper ends and pivoted to said body member, saidstepped portions being adapted to contact with the recesses in said bodymember in the rearward movement of said leg members whereby to limitsuch movement.

4. In a doll, a body member, leg members pivoted on said body member, abearing on said body member, and a flexible member adapted to travel onsaid bearing and having its ends connected to the rear of said legmembers, whereby as one of the pair of said leg members is retracted thesaid flexible member travels about the said hearing and. exerts aforward pull on the 0pposite leg member to advance the same.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

LOUIS V. ARONSON.

Witnesses:

ALEXANDER HARRIS, L. D. ULRICH.

